Forecasters from the National Hurricane Center say Franklin is likely to grow into a Category 2 hurricane as it moves northward in the open Atlantic Ocean.
“Really the only thing that we’ll see from Franklin is the increased rip currents and some larger seas and ocean swells,” Joe DeSilva, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s regional forecast office in Mount Holly, said Thursday morning. “We’re not really expecting anything in terms of wind” or rain.
If New Jersey gets any rain on Tuesday or Wednesday, DeSilva said it would come from a cold front that is forecast to push its way from the west and across New Jersey — not from any tropical influences. The cold front should help keep Franklin several hundred miles away from the Jersey Shore coastline, he said.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Franklin will likely strengthen into a hurricane this weekend, then continue swirling in the Atlantic Ocean next week.say Franklin will likely cause “building seas offshore, turbulent surf and an uptick in the number and strength of rip currents, especially from the Carolinas to Massachusetts, during this weekend through the first part of next week.”
“However, since Cape Cod, Massachusetts, extends eastward into the Atlantic, wave action and perhaps winds from Franklin could be more of a problem than in New Jersey or South Carolina, should more of a westward jog occur,” AccuWeather said.
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